[NTLUG:Discuss] Difference between VMPlayer and the new free VMWare Server

[Jay Urish]

lonny.dahl at verizon.com wrote:
> I guess I don't have a clue about the differences between the VMPlayer and
> the new VMWare Server that's being offered.  I checked the VMWare website
> and saw the comparisons between the two and see a few feature differences,
> but what's the difference, really?
> 


You can't make a VM with the player.. You can only "play" them :)

GSX server is a master host for virtual machines...


> Maybe I have a fundamental misunderstanding about what VMPlayer actually
> does.  I've never installed anything VMWare-wise, so I don't know what the
> difference is between the old VMWare and the newer VMWare Player.  As I
> understood the old VMWare software, it set up virtual machines you could
> then install a guest OS on...as in Linux (host) with a Weenderz guest
> system running in a virtual machine.  How is VMWare Player different?  I
> think the website is confusing me a bit.  Quoting "VMware Player lets you
> evaluate new or pre-release software contained in virtual machines, without
> any installation or configuration hassles. You can also share existing
> virtual machines with colleagues or friends—just use VMware Player to run
> any virtual machine."  Just reading that, it looks like it's not necessary
> to install the OS...just run the apps in the virtual machine.  Am I
> misunderstanding this?  Or is it still necessary to install VMWare Player,
> then a guest OS, then the apps you want to run in the virtual machine?
> 
> Discombobulated in Dallas,
> 
> Wayne
> 
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